Crowdraise: A decentralized alternative to Kickstarter

Crowdraise is a decentralized crowdfunding platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. It allows anyone to raise money for any cause, in a trustless manner, with zero fees. It is censorship-resistant and can still be accessed even if the website is taken down.

Hey everyone, I'm happy to finally reveal what I've been working on for YCombinator Startup School, and for the Blockstack "Can't Be Evil 2" Hackathon! I built Crowdraise to become the defacto blockchain crowdfunding platform. While it's still in its infancy, all the core functionality is there. Currently, it is closer to a GoFundMe-esque type app, rather than a Kickstarter, but that will change in the future when I add support for pledges. I also hope to polish the UI and improve the UX/onboarding for users who are not familiar with blockchain technology or dApps. Looking forward to your guys' thoughts! Please reach out if you have any great ideas. Thank you!!! --------------------------------------- Features: • 0% fees forever • Raise money for any cause • Decentralized asset uploading via IPFS • Powered by the Ethereum blockchain • Censorship-resistant • Blockstack authentication • Instant payouts for campaigns that reach their goal

Came across this launch. feels like you were pretty early to decentralized crowdfunding back then.

We're building in a similar space now and it’s interesting to see how much the infrastructure and sentiment around Web3 funding has shifted since 2019.

Curious from your perspective: what do you think was the hardest part at the time? Market readiness? Trust? Distribution?

Would genuinely love to hear your take.

what is different “republic.co”

@new_user_27a2dc6e8a The difference is that Crowdraise isn't a platform for raising equity (%) in a company

@craze3 How to determine the rights of investors?